No enhancing effect of vitamin A administration on iron absorption or body total iron content in preschool children from Chengdu, China

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 223-230

  Chen, K ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Luo, Hong Yi ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Li, Qin ^a   Mao, Meng ^a  

^a CHENGDU WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Field intervention; Iron metabolic homeostasis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERROUS SULFATE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; FERRITIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON STORAGE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84923425143     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.60.223     Document Type: Article

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